End of Run Signals...

Yes.

Party Time!

Goodbye Professor. Goodbye WFW... 

So long Trouble,

Thank you lovely actor-types!

  So long River City. So long!

We started on the Saturday, with Hardywood. 

VA Blackberry release day!
Summer in a pint glass.

Exciting times.

                              ^ See?                                                            In a cone too! Woo, Gelati Celesti.

This is what Strike looks like.

So many lovely empty & available hangers again!

My Word of the Week.
Although I'm calling it "Sparkle".

It being Jenny's last week in town, there were also some final explorations to be made.

Galaxy Diner, Carytown:

                   Where they serve you Kitchen Roll                       Jenny drove the Pickle Car in Busytown;                 
                                instead of napkins. Hah.                                  hence the excellent always-Awkward Pickle face.

I'd never noticed this particular store before but
it's sort of hard to overlook a Royal Watermelon baby.

Sarah organised drinks at Strangeways.
 

This time I got to meet Mike in person & he gave
us a tour of his workspace, both interesting & insightful about the actual brewing process.

<  Mike identifies the lactose (used in cream ales &
 milk stouts) & talks through his selection of tea leaves,
 as added into the Curiosities beer.

 We got to meet the "three sisters" of bourbon barrels:

 

I discovered a Strangeways beer with my very name on it.

Hurrah!

Plus a sneak preview-tasting of the Strangeways' Sour
due for release later on that week.

Namely, 'WORD!' They're all about the blueberries at the craft breweries at present.

Lunch prior to Camp at Willow Lawn,

A sandwich shop even more elaborate than Subway.

Branded red Sharpie's have a certain appeal. Tick! Tick!

More on Camp soon. We had crafting costume fun!